Seymour, IL
Seymour, IL's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Seymour sits at the 0th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 200 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Seymour at the 0th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Seymour's building exposure, zone by zone
96.5% of Seymour's 200 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 3.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Seymour ranks
Seymour's risk sits at a similar level relative to Illinois (2nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (0th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Seymour ranks 31,487 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,833 by building count (1 is largest). Within Illinois alone, it ranks 1,430 of 1,445 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Illinois on its state page.
Seymour and the insurance market
At the 0th national percentile, Seymour rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Seymour's 96.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Seymour's figures come from
Seymour's 0th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Seymour's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.